​Kansas City, Mo. (November 9, 2023)—  The Young Enterprising Women Mentoring Forum was held this week., providing an exclusive opportunity for high school girls grades 9-12 with a passion for STEM and a desire to learn from successful women in the community. This event is intended to inspire students on the topics of career choices, entrepreneurship, leadership, and financial literacy. 

​The following Kansas City non-profit and for-profit women business leaders served as panelists, mentors and/or committee members:

​At the conclusion of the event, four students were awarded scholarships to attend the Enterprising Women of the Year Awards Celebration & Conference in Orlando, Florida in April, 2024, for networking, workshops, and leadership training with women entrepreneurs. These students were selected by school leaders out of the nearly 100 girls that attended from DeLaSalle, Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy, Ewing Marion Kauffman School, and Lincoln College Preparatory Academy. 

Kansas City’s first annual Young Enterprising Women Mentoring Forum was sponsored by EAG Advertising & Marketing and WWMB 2018, NAWBO Kansas City, ECCO Select, Lucas Commercial Flooring, and Show Me KC Schools, in coordination with the Young Enterprising Women Foundation and Institute of Consumer Money Management.  

About Enterprising Women Foundation
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The Enterprising Women Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization and sister organization of Enterprising Women magazine, is hosting a series of mentoring events around the U.S. to connect outstanding high school girls with an interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) with outstanding women entrepreneurs in their local community. Learn more at https://www.enterprisingwomenfoundation.org/.

It seems like it was just 2022! However, we are almost into our ninth month of 2023, and you know what that means, the end of the year is just around the corner. It still feels like we have plenty of time before the end of the year, right? 

Do you have to start now to be finished by the end of the year? No, of course not, but the longer you wait the more limited your options, budgets, and scheduling dates become. Don't wait until the last minute! Start now if you have a project, even beyond flooring, that you want completed before the end of the year!

September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and Construction Suicide Prevention Week has dedicated September 4-8, 2023 to providing online resources and job site talks to focus on suicide prevention specifically the construction industry. Construction workers face unique challenges every day, which lead to a higher-than-average rate of suicides. Construction Suicide Prevention Week is working to provide resources, so we can work together to prevent it. ​

​Dana Hetrick, President of Lucas Commercial Flooring, has been named a winner of the 2023 Enterprising Women of the Year Awards, an annual tribute to the world’s top women entrepreneurs. Dana was recognized at the 21st Annual Enterprising Women of the Year Awards Celebration and Conference, for her leadership in the category of $2M- $3M Revenue. The Celebration and Conference brought together dynamic women from around the world to share business insights, expand their networks and deepen mentoring commitments, at the Wyndham Grand in Clearwater Beach, Florida.

Dana Hetrick, President of Lucas Commercial Flooring, joins the new Board of Directors in the role of Sponsorship to assist the organization in creating and implementing a new sponsorship program. Here is the official press release from the organization:   https://www.nawbokc.org/blog/nawbo-kc-welcomes-2022-2023-board-of-directors

(KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, August 23, 2022)

The Kansas City chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners welcomes its new board of directors. The 2022-2023 board, led by Ashley Mahoney, founder of Hello Big Idea, includes seven returning members and three new members. It added a new position for Sponsorship this year.

“It is an exciting time for the NAWBO KC chapter. We have members leading at the national level, outlined a solid strategic plan for growth last year, and are in decent shape financially. I am looking forward to what we all accomplish together this year!” Ms. Mahoney said of the new board and the chapter’s 70 members.

The full NAWBO KC board includes women from a variety of organizations. They are the following:
⚫ Ashley Mahoney, Hello Big Idea, Board President
⚫ Kelly Byrnes, Voyage Consulting Group, President-Elect and Marketing
⚫ Robyn Stevens, Robyn Stevens Feng Shui, Secretary
⚫ Stephanie Willis, SBDC Kansas at JCCC, Programming
⚫ Stella Crewse, Fortiviti, Membership
⚫ Karen Reimer, Ad Astra Financial Group, Advocacy
⚫ Kim Specker, Rare Transformation, Treasurer
⚫ Shea Stevens, Burke McClasky Stevens, Governance
⚫ Dana Hetrick, Lucas Commercial Flooring, Sponsorship
⚫ Mandy Shoemaker, Prairie Elder Care, Immediate Past President

NAWBO KC holds events monthly to help business owners build their companies through learning and networking. There are opportunities for service throughout the year as well.
Many events are open to non-members, so if you are a women business owner or supporter of businesses owned by women, visit the Events page.
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About NAWBO KC
NAWBO KC brings together local women in business to learn, connect, and grow. The chapter is diverse, yet the vision is shared: supporting the success of women entrepreneurs in Kansas City. NAWBO KC provides opportunities for women business owners to hone their business management and leadership skills, network, and contribute to the community.
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About NAWBO
Celebrating women in business for four decades, NAWBO’s local chapter is part of a bigger vision – one started and led by the National Association of Women in Business. Founded in 1975, NAWBO is the unified voice of more than 10 million women-owned businesses in the United States.